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There is a push going on right now to improve Berkeley’s highest priority street for bicycling, and it is critical for students to get involved. First identified in Berkeley’s 1971 Bicycle Plan, Milvia Street has long been Berkeley’s primary north-south bikeway through Downtown. The idea almost 50 years ago wasRead More…

A female suspect was arrested Thursday for striking two different people and an officer in the head with a tree branch in Downtown Berkeley, according to Berkeley Police Department spokesperson Officer Byron White.Read More…

Berkeley Police Department arrested an 18-year-old woman and two 17-year-old boys Tuesday afternoon on suspicion of robbing a 15-year-old boy outside Berkeley High School, as first reported by Berkeleyside.Read More…